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– Evidence from the Sena Sugar Estates, 1920–74
ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Forced wage labour (FWL) in colonial-era Portuguese Africa came to encompass a majority of working age men and persisted until the early 1960s. On the basis of reconstructed financial records from the Sena Sugar Estates in today's Mozambique, we estimate the long-run...
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– High poverty and low trust
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, sub-Saharan African countries faced the dilemma of how to minimize viral transmission without adversely affecting the poor. This study proposes an index of lockdown readiness, taking into account housing conditions and income security, and analyses how this...
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– Increased gender differences in aggression and depression symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Germany
Gender differences (GD) in mental health have come under renewed scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. While rapidly emerging evidence indicates a deterioration of mental health in general, it remains unknown whether the pandemic will have an impact on GD in mental health. To this end, we...
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We implement a lab-in-the-field experiment among childcare workers in Chandigarh, India, to evaluate discriminatory attitudes of the Hindu workers toward Muslim children. We use a third-party allocation game that controls for selfish payoff-maximizing preferences across the treatments and focus...
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– A 25-Year Perspective
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– A 23-Year Perspective
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– The Lack of Sustainability
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the Philippines
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and Labour Force Surveys, does not provide compelling evidence of sustained or significant desegregation. Occupations remain...
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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– Understanding the Limits to Reform
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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– Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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